Your next budget problem may not be electricity—it’s your water bill

Brace yourself for higher water bills—and soon. Within a decade, millions of Americans could face monthly water bills so high that they’ll become unaffordable. Water rates have already been rising three times faster than inflation, but hotter and drier conditions could exacerbate current strains on aging infrastructures that could see more than one-third of U.S. households grappling with unaffordable water bills, according to a study published earlier this month led by a team of researchers at…